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Neat developments
Apr. 17th, 2007 10:18 pmOh, right, so I got accepted into UBC! (I keep telling people individually, so I should really get around to mentioning it here.) They still require my high school stuff but apparently they didn't need it to make the decision. The news came in a big envelope displaying a picture of a woman jumping for joy on a grassy hillside and the legend, 'Yes!', so naturally my mother and I immediately on seeing it began talking about the possibility that it was a rejection. "This is what it would have been like if we'd decided to accept you..." "Right. If I had actually got in, I would have received the envelope that says, 'Yes, really.'"
(I also got into the honours program.)
I haven't done everything I need to to finalize the admission yet, but I have been able to register for classes, as illustrated here. PHIL 349A is a 'Philosophy of Religion' course, and PHIL 375 is 'Philosophy of Literature'; I dithered between the latter and a second-year English course for a bit, but A) this one is worth both philosophy and literature credits, and B) the other one conflicted with B5 night. On Friday I went and wandered around the campus a little, which I've done before but without ever ranging very far. It is large and architectually varied, dissected variously by roads and paths, an exciting and daunting thing for someone used to the provincally close-huddled buildings at Langara; if SFU is a fantasy castle, then UBC is a fantasy city. It gives the fractal and I'm sure quite genuine impression that every small corner of it, once investigated, will prove to be industriously engaged in something arcane, busy and marvellous. I'm glad I'll get to be involved in that, and I'm glad I'll have at least two years to explore.
Meanwhile, here are two neat recent things of the type that I can link to:
Rachel (and Brendan) are finalists in the latest Lyttle Lytton contest! ConBDAsalsations.
I found this website (through![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jemale, who is the author and artist of Dicebox). I have never read or heard of this writer before, but the website is surely among the most wonderful things on the internet.
(I also got into the honours program.)
I haven't done everything I need to to finalize the admission yet, but I have been able to register for classes, as illustrated here. PHIL 349A is a 'Philosophy of Religion' course, and PHIL 375 is 'Philosophy of Literature'; I dithered between the latter and a second-year English course for a bit, but A) this one is worth both philosophy and literature credits, and B) the other one conflicted with B5 night. On Friday I went and wandered around the campus a little, which I've done before but without ever ranging very far. It is large and architectually varied, dissected variously by roads and paths, an exciting and daunting thing for someone used to the provincally close-huddled buildings at Langara; if SFU is a fantasy castle, then UBC is a fantasy city. It gives the fractal and I'm sure quite genuine impression that every small corner of it, once investigated, will prove to be industriously engaged in something arcane, busy and marvellous. I'm glad I'll get to be involved in that, and I'm glad I'll have at least two years to explore.
Meanwhile, here are two neat recent things of the type that I can link to:
Rachel (and Brendan) are finalists in the latest Lyttle Lytton contest! ConBDAsalsations.
I found this website (through
jemale, who is the author and artist of Dicebox). I have never read or heard of this writer before, but the website is surely among the most wonderful things on the internet.
